I was talking with a friend
I was talking with a friend the other day and the subject came around to his leased RDX and the Honda CR-V that his wife drives. He was wondering if he should re-up on an RDX lease when the time came next year. I let him carry raving about the way the RDX takes on snow up here in New England and the overall handling of the RDX on the dry roads and so I suggested that if he was that happy with the RDX that he should do the new lease. He asked my for my opinion, as well -- for some reason he thinks 32 years of auto evaluations qualifies me as some sort of expert; guess it does --and I told him frankly that the RDX, compared to the CR-V his wife drives, is like comparing apples to oranges. Now it is true the CR-V is a competent all-wheeler, depending on whether the buyer springs for the AWD system. If it remains FWD, it's just another faceless FWD crossover that has somewhat limited headroom, even for a height-challenged driver like me. I also didn't like the short seat cushions and side bolstering as they just didn't match my lower torso. My 6-foot-5 friend averred that when he was in his wife's car, the roof was a bit to close to the top of his head, even with the seat adjusted all the way down. And, he felt that for the money he is paying every month for the CR-V it would have been nice to be a little classier, like his RDX. I happen to agree the RDX is a more refined vehicle that handles dry roads quite nicely. The tranny is resposive and the standard AWD system is tops in lousy weather. As for the ILX, really, have you put any time behind the wheel or are you reading someone's review of it and putting it in your own words as your own review. Your view of the Honda/Acura line seems, at best limited to Accord, and a rewrite of someone else's account of the Civic. I know Civic quite well. I was around to drive the first generation and it set the handling marks for a generation of compact cars 40 years ago. I have driven just about every new generation of Honda either writing or selling them online where I also did our dealership's writeups and they relied on my auto writing ability and I agree they are competent vehicles, but, I would also match the Acura TLX against Civic. Look, I could go on and on, but, may I suggest that you revisit your thinking and experience before you rave about vehicles. Please don't think I am the heavy here, as I am not. I hope my words will help you to repoint and your writing skills.